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{{Short description|Italian boxer (1942–2020)}}
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{{Infobox boxer 
| name=Fernando Atzori 
| image= Fernando Atzori 1964.jpg
| image_size= 250px
| caption = Fernando Atzori at the 1964 Olympics
| nationality = Italian
| height = {{convert|1.58|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = [[Flyweight]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1942|6|1}}
| birth_place = [[Ales (Sardinia)|Ales]], [[Province of Oristano]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|9|1942|6|1|df=y}}
| death_place = Florence, Italy
|total        = 52
|wins         = 44
|KO           = 13
|losses       = 6
|draws        = 2
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[amateur boxing]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] | [[Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Flyweight|Flyweight]]}} 
{{MedalCompetition | [[Mediterranean Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1963 Mediterranean Games|1963 Naples]] | [[Boxing at the 1963 Mediterranean Games|Flyweight]] }}
}}

'''Fernando Atzori''' (1 June 1942 – 9 November 2020)<ref>[https://www.unionesarda.it/articolo/sport/altri/2020/11/10/muore-a-firenze-fernando-atzori-il-sardo-medaglia-d-oro-alle-olim-4-1081184.html Muore a Firenze Fernando Atzori, il sardo medaglia d'oro alle Olimpiadi di Tokyo] {{in lang|it}}</ref> was an Italian [[flyweight]] boxer who won a gold medal at the [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Olympics]]. In the final, he defeated [[Artur Olech]] of Poland, despite suffering an eye injury. After the Olympics, he turned professional and won the [[European Boxing Union|European]] title in 1967. Atzori defended it nine times before losing it in 1972. He then regained it and lost again in 1973. Atzori retired from the ring in 1975.<ref>{{Boxrec|id=053865}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012933/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/at/fernando-atzori-1.html Fernando Atzori]. sports-reference</ref>

==1964 Olympic results==
Below are the results of Fernando Atzori, who competed for Italy as a flyweight boxer at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.

* Round of 32: bye
* Round of 16: defeated Darryl Norwood (Australia) on points, 5–0
* Quarterfinal: defeated John McCafferty (Ireland) on points, 5–0
* Semifinal: defeated Robert Carmody (USA) on points, 4–1
* Final: defeated Artur Olech (Poland) on points, 4–1 (won gold medal)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Olympics.com|fernando-atzori}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{CONI profile|new_id=1038|old_id=559}}

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[[Category:People from the Province of Oristano]]
[[Category:Flyweight boxers]]
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[[Category:Olympic medalists in boxing]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Sardinia]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:European Boxing Union champions]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]


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